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Encephalartos arenarius R.A.Dyer [WFO] [IPNI] [POWO] [MO]

First published in: J. S. African Bot. 22(1): 1-4. (1956).

Etymology: From the Latin arenarius (‘sandy’), referring to its habitat on relic beach dune deposits. [source]

Nomenclatural Type Information
Collector and Number: R.A. Dyer 5441
Locality: South Africa, Cape Province, Alexandria District, Kaba Valley, about 4 mi. from Woody Cape on Old Millers farm at end of closed valley , 500 ft
Type Location(s): HT:PRE; IT:GRA, K, NBG
Nomenclature notes: Journal cover dated January 1956, article itself says 'published December 31, 1955'. Dyer cites the publication year as 1956 in Bothalia 8(4): 470 and so do Dyer & Verdoorn (1966) in Flora of South Africa: 19.

Distribution: South Africa (E Cape)

IUCN Red List Conservation Status: Endangered A2acd; B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v); C1

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South Africa (Eastern Cape)

Reference Links (6)

Calculated Reference Reference Links Journal Comment(s)
1987
Kemp M. 1987. Focus on Encephalartos arenarius. Encephalartos 11 : 4-7.
Encephalartos
2002
McDaniel I. 2002. Cycad focus: Encephalartos arenarius. Cycad Newslett. 25 (4) : 14-15.
Cycad Newsletter
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1956
Dyer RA. 1956. A new cycad from the Cape Province. J. S. African Bot. 22 (1) : 1-4.
Journal of South African Botany
Protologue description
2022
Haynes JL. 2022. Etymological compendium of cycad names. Phytotaxa 550 (1) : 1-31.
Phytotaxa
1989
Joubert L, Grobbelaar N, Coetzee J. 1989. In-situ studies of the ultrastructure of the cyanobacteria in the coralloid roots of Encephalartos arenarius, Encephalartos transvenosus and Encephalartos woodii (Cycadales).. Phycologia 28 (2): 197-205.
Phycologia